Day 692: Indiana to Michigan

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Ben

This morning I went on a bike ride from Walmart to explore the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. I tried to get on to a bike trail, but it turned out to not be paved, so I passed it up:

After a while I rode out to the beach. At least this time there were waves:

Behind the dunes there was a marshland:

There are some abandoned roads here:

After the ride, we drove east and north to overnight at the Walmart of Monroe, Michigan. It’s our first time in Michigan:

See the trip map for today’s drive and our current location.

Day 684: From Beaver Dam to the Dells

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Ben

This morning I got up at 5:15 and went out for an early morning ride in the countryside around Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. This is America’s heartland, folks:

After doing homeschool in the Walmart parking lot under torrential rains, we packed up and drove west to the amusement park town of Wisconsin Dells. Mt. Olympus Water and Theme Park had a fifty-eight dollar deal which included one night at their full hookup RV park and two days of admission for four people to the theme park:

We avoided the waterpark half of the park and spent all of our time with the go-karts and rollercoasters:

I’m not a roller-coaster rider, but Trish and the kids rode Pegasus, which has a 45-foot drop:

Pegasus was enough for B, so Trish and M rode Cyclops, with its 76-foot drop:

Trish and M then rode Zeus and Hades 360, with 85- and 140-foot drops respectively. After that, Trish decided she was done riding roller coasters.

The kids rode the Manticore, a giant rotating swing ride:

Wood coaster detail:

We’ll be back tomorrow!

Day 660: Biking and Skating

Posted on May 29, 2015 by Ben

Today, Trish and the kids went back to the local skate park:

Meanwhile, I went for a nice ride to the Aurora Reservoir and back. On the way back, I stopped and watched the R/C planes flying at Cherry Creek Reservoir:

Trish posted more jewelry to her online jewelry store:

Good Shabbos from Denver!

Day 644: Biking to Moab

Posted on May 13, 2015 by Ben

We decided to ride the paved trail which starts a little over a mile from where we are parked and follows the highway into Moab. The first order of business was to pump up and install our road wheels:

The trail descents into Moab. After we reached the end, we rode a spur trail 2.5 miles paralleling the Colorado River until that trail ended. On the way back, Trish and the kids continued towards home while I rode the climb into Arches National Park:

Unfortunately, B got a flat almost immediately, so Trish and the kids waited for me to come back down, as I had the patch kit:

Day 630: Riding the Escalante Plateau

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Ben

This morning we decided to have a rest day after the days of hiking we’ve been doing. I had a bit left, so I went out for a short morning ride up and down a couple good climbs north of Escalante. At a scenic pullout, I could look down on the road ahead: